Day 1 in Newton Iowa

Day 1 of the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour started out with some rain. But that won't stop the 2500 or more participants! Iowa Speedway track officials brought out the track druvers to get the water off the parking area for the cars. Then promptly at 9 am cars started rolling in.

So the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour is underway. And you'll find coverage here. We'll live streaming video, Facebook updates, Tweets, and plenty of photos right here at HotRod.com. Don't miss any of it!

Newton Iowa - Early In The Day

As day one of the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour continues Lucas Oil and E3 Spark Plugs have setup their dyno and are looking for serious horsepower. Each day the participant with the highest horsepower number wins a leather jacket. This 2010 Gran Sport Corvette was first on the dyno in pursuit of the leather jacket.

Miss Hot Rod, Veronica Jensen, is at the Painless Performance booth signing autographs. She'll be in every city so don't miss your chance to get your autographed poster!

Because of the earlier rain the drag racing was delayed. Once the track was dried cars lined up to test their meddle on the 1/8-mile infield track.

We'll have more videos and photos as the day goes on!

During the afternoon in Newton, IA on the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour master car designer and builder Chip Foose stopped by the Magnaflow rig and signed autographs for teh crowd. We heard people waited up to three hours for their opportunity to meet Chip.

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Every day on the Tour the Austin Hatcher Foundation will be hosting a PInewood Derby wuth eliminations and finals. Stop by and get your derby car, build it and race it for a good cause. While you're there you see the 2010 Hurst Special Edition Mustang Pace Car. Built for the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup racing series, this car is full of Ford Racing goodies.

GM Performance Division brought a paddock full of cars this year, including a Gran Sport Corvette and several new Camaros. Here in Newton Linda Vaughan was in GM's booth signing autographs.

Along with the drag racing earlier today, participants had the opportunity to take a few laps around the 7/8-mile Iowa Speedway. The proceeds from the ride are going to the Iowa Speedway Foundation.

Wrapping up day one of the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour in Newton, Iowa we focus on the activities on the stage. All day we kept an eye on the clouds as storms threatened to end activities. We lucked out about made it through the day with no rain until after day one wrapped up.